Nice shots - I like the Air Malta most. They're all oversharpened on the titles (lettering) and the registrations are jagged, plus around the engines on the TU-154 and the Thomas Cook. Air Malta should be easiest to fix.

3: On my screen, it's blurry, pixelated, and oversharpened. I think you should crop to the aircraft, not to the building in the background. That is, 3:2 ratio - crop from the top and a little from the bottom.

I love this forum. As soon as you start feeling hard done by, simply post your rejects and you will quickly be reminded that you are still on a learning curve. I've been there 2 years now, and I have no doubt that I'll still be there in 2 years time.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I liked no. 3 as a composition, but it was ever so slightly heat-distorted when seen at full size - I ignored this and I have justly paid the price.

Charles

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